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Word: wavelengths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whole is not on this wavelength totally. There are differences of opinion within the union. I happen to be strongly in favor of moving in this direction, and therefore have taken the lead in the GM section of the union...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg and William A. Schwartz, S | Title: UAW: Loosening the Chains | 2/21/1979 | See Source »

...Morrison: Wavelength (Warner Bros.). "Lost dreams and found dreams in America": another album of Morrison magic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: YEAR'S BEST | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...specific function of the coronagraph is to determine the wavelength distribution of the corona's ultraviolet rays in order to derive temperatures within the corona...

Author: By Harry Litman, | Title: Scientists Construct New Device for Sun Research | 2/4/1978 | See Source »

...after the Marconis and the Bell people and the Hertzes and the Maxwells raised their dust, and radiowaves with ultrahigh, superhigh or extremely high frequencies--those ranging in wavelength from 100 centimeters to a millimeter--became known as microwaves. These "microwaves" are very intense concentrations, "short-waves" of electromagnetic radiation focused into an intense beam. They travel through matter, can be reflected by electrical conductors, and can be directed accurately. Thus, microwaves revolutionized communication. They are responsible for television communications, radio (especially FM) broadcasts, CB radio, satellite communication, radar, sonar, and electric garage-door openers...

Author: By David Dahlquist, | Title: The Microwave War | 2/2/1978 | See Source »

...woman swathed in ascetic white and attended by two lackeys in surgeon's coats; they pull on rubber gloves before extracting Eurydice's soul. This woman exists in something like a different space and time warp from that of living beings, and she shifts out of her realm's "wavelength of seven and range of seven to twelve" electronically...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Don't Look Back | 3/20/1975 | See Source »

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